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1. Test your smarts at Fat Tire Friday

New Belgium is hosting yet another Fat Tire Friday at its River Arts District brewery. This time around, Fat Tire Friday is all about live music and team trivia, so head on down with your smartest friends and get ready to rock. The fun starts at 5:30 p.m. June 23 with rock 'n' roll duo Mad Tea Party and ends at 7:30 p.m. In celebration of Fat Tire Friday, the namesake beer will be $3 all day. The event continues through the summer season, with other themes (such as trivia, luau and summer camp) and other performers.

2. Pisgah plays pop with Lake Street Dive

Join Pisgah Brewing Company on June 23 for an evening of jazzy pop with Brooklyn band Lake Street Dive. This isn't the group's first time playing in Asheville, and we're sure it won't be its last. Ron Pope will open up the evening and Liz Cooper & The Stampede will take on a late-night set after the main show. Head to Pisgah Brewing's massive outdoor stage for food, brew, dancing and fun. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 the day of the show. The music starts at 8 p.m.

Lake Street Dive is a pop/soul quartet from Brooklyn.(Photo: Courtesy of Danny Clinch)

3. Pop up at this pop-up market

Catch the last few days of the East West Pop Up Shop, which began on Wednesday and ends on Sunday. The shop features arts, crafts and vintage items at an indoor market at 278 Haywood Road.(Photo: Courtesy photo)

Head over to east West Asheville for the East West Pop-Up Shop. Featuring handmade and vintage items, the venue at 278 Haywood Road will be transformed into a full-service boutique with a carefully curated selection of more than 80 local and regional independent vendors. Shop for housewares, furniture, decor, jewelry, clothing, gifts, baby items and more. The four-day shop began on Thursday, but continues through Sunday at the space. Hang out at the shop any time between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday.

4. Hang out with these quiche-loving ladies

The newest production from Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective was given high praise by theater reviewer Jim Cavener this week. The story is: It's 1956, and five prim-and-proper women gather over their shared passion — quiche. (They love quiche.) But what happens when the Red Scare threatens to destroy everything they care about? The show is full of hilarious innuendo, and, as artistic director Steph Hickling Beckman explained, it's "ridiculous, raunchy fun." The play, on stage at the BeBe Theatre (20 Commerce St. in Asheville), runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through July 2 at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Tickets are $18 in advance and $21 at the door.

5. The Mothlight becomes the Love Shack

Cindy Wilson of the B-52s is bringing her new solo act to The Mothlight on June 27.(Photo: Courtesy photo)

Just kidding. It will still be The Mothlight. But when Cindy Wilson of the B-52s comes to the stage on June 27, we'll all be singing her catchy tunes. Her current project, though, is nothing like her former new-wave past, using fewer poppy dance beats and more swirling psychedelia that her band describes as "turbo-chill." See the show at 9 p.m. Tuesday night with the Pylon Reenactment Society at the West Asheville venue. Tickets are $15 in advance at themothlight.com or $20 at the door.